Legal Opinion

Dobson v. Litton

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1868PublishedCited by 9 opinions

FROM DAVIDSON. The bill in this cause, was dismissed on demurrer, at the May Term, 1867. Complainant appealed. Chancellor, David Campbell, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

George ÁNDREWS, J.,

delivered the opinion • of the Court.

This was a bill in equity filed by Dobson, as ven-dee, to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the conveyance by Litton, of a tract of land. The complainant in the amended bill, avers as follows: “That, on, etc., he purchased of the defendant, through his authorised agents, Messrs. Callender & Garrett, a certain tract of land, situated near the City of Nashville, and near the junction of Broad Street with the Hillsboro’ Turnpike, in said county of Davidson, for the sum of,” etc., specifying the terms of payment, and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Richards v. EdickNew York Supreme Court · 1853
  2. Fish v. Hubbard's AdministratorsNew York Supreme Court · 1839
  3. Brown v. HathawaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1865

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Disney v. HenryCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
  2. Newton v. Herskowitz (In Re Gatlinburg Motel Enterprises, Ltd.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1990
  3. Branstetter v. BarnettCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1974
  4. CC Holdings (Tennessee), Inc. v. Tennessee Gas Transport, Inc. (In Re Tennessee Gas Transport, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1994
  5. Murphy v. Provident Bank (In Re Miller)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho · 2001

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